An umbrella protects us from the rain, but it can also be used in other ways. So today, on Umbrella Day, we are featuring a different type of umbrella—one that was popular at bridal showers. It’s an umbrella used as a gift holder.
Author: Alexia MacClain
The weather is definitely getting colder, so this seemed like a perfect time to feature a trade catalog illustrating winter fashion from the late nineteenth century. John E. Kaughran & Co.’s Illustrated Catalogue, Fall and Winter, 1884-85 has several pages showing ladies’ cloaks, coats, and jackets.
To teach children the stretch of fingers necessary to play a full-sized piano, the keys on these toy pianos were spaced the same distance apart as the keys on a full-sized piano.
It’s Thanksgiving week and we are well into the season of Fall, so we decided to feature some trade literature with a Fall theme.
Summer might be over. There might not be many more warm days left. But how about looking through this D. W. Granbery & Co. catalog, Lawn Tennis Catalogue and Directions for Playing? The images of tennis equipment might make you think of warmer days …